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Unit Plan 33 (Grade K Art): My Art Growth

Kindergarten Art: Students compare early and recent artwork to discuss artistic growth, added details, and how their pictures show more about their lives.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade K Art): Creative Exploration Day

Kindergarten Art exploration stations help students generate ideas through imagination and play while experimenting with lines, shapes, colors, and textures using a variety of materials and tools.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade K Art): Display Choices Matter

Kindergarten Art: Students explore how placement affects what viewers notice first, learning how middle, corner, and grouping make artwork stand out.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade K Art): Artist Talk Time

Kindergarten Art: Students explain what their artwork shows and how it connects to their own life using simple artist talk sentence starters.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade K Art): Gallery Walk Practice

Kindergarten Art: Students participate in a gallery walk and describe what they see in classmates’ artwork using simple words for colors, shapes, and objects.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade K Art): Planning Our Art Show

Kindergarten Art: Students help plan a class art show by choosing, grouping, and deciding where artwork will be displayed with teacher support.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade K Art): Personal Drawing Project

Kindergarten Art: Students create drawings based on personal experiences and share who, what, and where in their artwork while explaining why it matters.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade K Art): Displaying Art in the Room

Kindergarten Art: Students observe classroom art displays and discuss how artwork looks different depending on where it is placed in the room.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade K Art): Mounting Artwork

Kindergarten Art: Students mount artwork on backing paper, add names, and prepare pieces neatly for a class display using careful hands.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade K Art): Fix & Improve

Kindergarten Art: Students revise artwork by adding details, backgrounds, or neatness improvements after discussion, learning how artists improve their work.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade K Art): My Favorite Part

Kindergarten Art: Students share opinions about artwork using simple criteria like color, neatness, and favorite part while practicing kind art discussions.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade K Art): Compare Two Pictures

Kindergarten Art: Students compare two pictures, describing what they see and identifying similarities and differences in colors, shapes, people, and actions.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade K Art): Pattern Fun

Kindergarten Art: Students create repeating patterns using shapes, lines, and colors while exploring how repetition makes artwork organized and interesting.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade K Art): Safe Scissors & Glue

Kindergarten Art: Students practice safe scissor handling and proper glue use while cutting shapes and creating a simple cut-and-glue artwork.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade K Art): Texture Exploration

Kindergarten Art: Students explore textures by experimenting with tools and materials to create bumpy, smooth, and rough marks in hands-on texture artwork.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade K Art): Choose Art to Share

Kindergarten Art: Students review their artwork and choose a favorite piece to display, explaining why they are proud to share it with others.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade K Art): Improve & Finish

Kindergarten Art: Students improve artwork by adding details or changes after class discussion, learning how revisions make pictures clearer and more complete.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade K Art): Art Sharing Circle

Kindergarten Art: Students share opinions about artwork using simple criteria like color, neatness, and favorite part while practicing kind art discussions.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade K Art): Studio Project II — Story Art

Kindergarten Art: Students complete a story artwork showing who, where, and what, practicing effort, careful coloring, and responsible clean-up.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade K Art): Planning a Picture Story

Kindergarten Art: Students plan a picture story by talking through who/where/what and making quick sketches before drawing, helping their artwork feel clearer and easier to create.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade K Art): Celebration Art Project

Kindergarten Art: Students create celebration-inspired artwork using imagination and real traditions, showing people, symbols, and activities from special days.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade K Art): Celebrations in Art

Kindergarten Art: Students explore how art represents holidays, traditions, and community celebrations, then create drawings that show a special event from their own lives.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade K Art): My Family Drawing

Kindergarten Art: Students create artwork based on personal experiences by drawing family members or pets and sharing who is in the picture and what they are doing.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade K Art): What Is Happening?

Kindergarten Art: Students observe artwork and describe actions or simple stories in pictures, using sentence starters to explain what characters are doing.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade K Art): What Do You See?

Kindergarten Art: Students observe artwork and describe colors and shapes using simple language, building confidence in noticing and talking about visual details.